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GELECHIIDAE | Gelechiinae | Gelechiini
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35.101 Gelechia sororculella (Eyed Gelechia)
ws: 13-15mm; Jul-Aug; willows (Salix spp) usually goat willow (S.caprea) or grey willow (S.cinerea); fairly common throughout Britain
Gelechia sororculella §4
ID to genus based on bifid gnathos (not visible on the images below)
ID to species: Labial palp S2 not tufted; no distinct black mark at base of fw costa; abdominal tergites 1-3 not ochreous-yellow (not shown here); fw with 1st discal stigma distinctly white-ringed (not particularly distinct here) > G.sororculella
ID to species: Labial palp S2 not tufted; no distinct black mark at base of fw costa; abdominal tergites 1-3 not ochreous-yellow (not shown here); fw with 1st discal stigma distinctly white-ringed (not particularly distinct here) > G.sororculella
§1 Surlingham, Norfolk; 24/07/2009; male; fw 6.2mm
§2 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 30/07/2019; male; fw 7.0mm
§3 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 03/08/2019; female; fw 7.3mm
§4 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 03/08/2019
§5 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 7.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 30/07/2019; male; fw 7.0mm
§3 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 03/08/2019; female; fw 7.3mm
§4 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 03/08/2019
§5 Sutton Fen, Norfolk; 11/07/2022; male; fw 7.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published November 2011 (§1) | §2-4 added 19/10/2019 | §5 added 18/12/2022
